Earnestness–Indifference

Wholehearted earnestness in love De 6:5; 30:2

Wholehearted earnestness in obedience Ps 119:2,34

Wholehearted earnestness in trust Pr 3:5

Wholehearted earnestness in prayer Jer 29:13

Wholehearted earnestness in repentance Joe 2:12; Mt 22:37; Ac 8:37

See Consecration (1); & (4); Undivided Service

Earnestness burns like an inward fire Jer 20:9

Earnestness calls like the voice of a lion Am 3:8

Earnestness binds the soul to its task Lu 12:50

Earnestness urges haste Joh 9:4

Earnestness makes the message imperative Ac 4:20; 18:5; 20:22

Earnestness sounds a woe to him who falters 1Co 9:16

See Self-sacrifice (3)

(C) Examples of crying to God Ex 2:23; 14:10; 17:4; Jud 3:9; 4:3; 6:7; 1Sa 7:9; 1Ki 17:20; 1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 13:14; 14:11; Ps 34:6; 61:2; La 2:18

See Importunity; Seekers; Intercession

(D) Seven earnest suppliants: the cry for help, Jacob Ge 32:26

(D) Seven earnest suppliants: the cry for intercession, Moses Ex 32:31,32

(D) Seven earnest suppliants: the cry for wisdom, Solomon 1Ki 3:7-9

(D) Seven earnest suppliants: the cry for cleansing, David Ps 51:1,2

(D) Seven earnest suppliants: the cry of the dying soul, the penitent thief Lu 23:42

(D) Seven earnest suppliants: the cry for salvation, the Philippian jailer Ac 16:30

(D) Seven earnest suppliants: the cry for deliverance, Paul 2Co 12:8,9

(E) Commands concerning zeal Ec 9:10; Ro 12:11; 1Co 14:12; Ga 4:18; 2Ti 1:6; 2Pe 1:13; Re 3:19

See Diligence; Work (2); Serve God; Service Enjoined

(F) Examples of zealousness 2Ki 10:16; Ne 4:21; Ps 119:139; Isa 62:1; Jer 20:9; Lu 8:39; Ac 18:25; 2Co 9:2; Col 4:13; 1Th 2:9

See Personal Work; Consecration (2)

(1) General references to the zeal of Christ Isa 59:17; Lu 2:49; Joh 2:17; 4:34; 9:4; Ac 10:38

(2) Christ felt the call of duty: he must be about his Father's business Lu 2:49

(2) Christ felt the call of duty: he must preach Lu 4:43

(2) Christ felt the call of duty: he must accomplish his work Lu 12:50

(2) Christ felt the call of duty: he must work while the day lasted Joh 9:4

(2) Christ felt the call of duty: he must go to Jerusalem to suffer Mt 16:21

(H) Zeal in soul winning Mt 18:11; Joh 4:35; Ro 9:3; 10:1; 11:14; 1Co 9:22

See Soul-winners

(1) Zealous grief for the wayward Ps 119:53,136,158; Jer 13:17; 14:17; Mt 23:37; Mr 8:12; Ac 20:31; Php 3:18

See Lamentations (2); Tears

(2) Zealous concern for the welfare of the church Ro 1:11; 2Co 2:4; 11:3,29; Ga 4:19; Col 2:1

(3) Zealous grief for Israel Ezr 9:3; Ne 1:4; Isa 22:4; 62:1; Jer 4:19; 8:21; 9:1; La 2:13; 3:48; Mic 1:8; Lu 13:34; 19:41; Ro 9:2

See Lamentations

(J) General references to holy ambition Lu 13:24; 1Co 9:24; 12:31; 14:1,12; Php 3:13,14; 2Ti 2:15

(K) Spiritual striving Lu 13:24; 1Co 9:25; Php 1:27; 3:14; Col 1:29; Heb 12:4

See Christian Race

(1) Indifference in spirit Ps 123:4; Isa 32:9; 47:8; 64:7; Am 6:1; Zep 1:12; Mt 22:5; 24:12

See Spiritual Deafness; Dead in Sin; Dullness; Prayerlessness

(2) Indifference in service Nu 32:6; Jos 18:3; Jud 5:23; 2Ch 24:5; Ne 3:5; Jer 48:10; Eze 33:31

See Procrastination; Unfaithfulness

(1) Neglect of duty Jud 5:23; 21:8; Ne 3:5; 9:35; Mt 7:26; 25:27; Lu 12:47; Jas 2:14; 4:17

See Unfaithfulness; Sins of Omission

(2) Neglect of mercy and help Ps 109:16; Pr 21:13; Eze 34:4; Zec 11:16; Mt 25:43; Lu 16:20,21; Jas 4:17

See Poor (5); Inhospitality; Selfishness (2)

Indifference shown in impenitence Eze 33:9

Indifference shown in absorption in business Lu 14:18

Indifference shown in procrastination Ac 24:25

Indifference shown in insensibility Ac 28:27

The peril of persisting in neglect Heb 2:3; 12:25

Half-heartedness in Jehu 2Ki 10:31

Half-heartedness in Joash 2Ki 13:18,19

Half-heartedness in the subjects of Jehoshaphat 2Ch 20:33

Half-heartedness in Amaziah 2Ch 25:2

Half-heartedness in Judah Jer 3:10

Half-heartedness in Israel Ho 10:2

See Indecision; Doublemindedness

(O) Prayerlessness Ps 53:4; Isa 43:22; 64:7; Jer 10:21; Da 9:13; Ho 7:7; Zep 1:6; Jas 4:2